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title: "Kicking bad habits — soccer youth development helps instil discipline, dignity in boys"
description: "Build our Boyz Foundation in Eldorado Park works to keep boys focused and in school."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "GROUNDUP VIDEO"
author: "Adel Van Niekerk"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/adel-van-niekerk/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-26-kicking-bad-habits-soccer-youth-development-helps-instil-discipline-dignity-in-boys/"
published: "2022-05-26T13:06:50"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Kicking bad habits — soccer youth development helps instil discipline, dignity in boys

> Build our Boyz Foundation in Eldorado Park works to keep boys focused and in school.

By Adel Van Niekerk · Published 26 May 2022, 15:06 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video player"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwPPVh2QgRM)

Genevieve Ally started the Build our Boyz Foundation in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg. Here she explains how the organisation, through activities like soccer, helps boys in this tough neighbourhood, stay in school.

You can connect with Build our Boyz via their [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/804474013844595/?ref=sharehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/804474013844595/?ref=share&exp=93fa) page.

*First published by*[*GroundUp*](https://www.groundup.org.za/article/kicking-bad-habits-this-organisation-gives-boys-dignity/)*.*

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